Along the Miller’s Gulch trail in Pike National Forest:

Mountain Bluebird

A Great Horned Owl beside Bear Creek in the Bear Creek Greenbelt, before dawn:

Great Horned Owl

Elk along Dear Creek Canyon Road in Jefferson County, Colorado:

Bull elk

Female elk and calf

The beavers in the pond by Stone House in the Bear Creek Greenbelt can be very social and playful:

Beavers

In the Bear Creek Greenbelt this morning:

Orange-crowned Warbler

Western Wood-Pewee

Fall colors in Clear Creek County, Colorado:

Aspens

Canada Jay

A bonanza in the Bear Creek Greenbelt this morning:

Beaver

Lesser Goldfinch

A couple of shots of a Lincoln’s Sparrow:

Lincoln’s Sparrow

Lincoln’s Sparrow

A couple of shots of a House Wren:

House Wren

House Wren

Broad-tailed Hummingbird

House Sparrow

White-crowned Sparrow (juvenile)

Black-billed Magpie

Mourning Doves

At Red-tailed Hawk Park in Arapahoe County this morning:

Cooper’s Hawk

Monarch Butterfly

At Rocky Mountain National Park, here are some mammals at the Rock Cut rest stop along the Trail Ridge Road:

Pika

Chipmunk

Yellow-bellied Marmot

In the Ken Caryl environs:

European Mantis